Benny Sluchin studied at the Tel-Aviv Conservatory and Jerusalem Music Academy, parallel to pursuing a math and philosophy degree at the University of Tel-Aviv. He joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and was engaged as co-soloist for the Jerusalem Radio Symphony Orchestra. He subsequently went to work with Vinko Globokar at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, where he graduated with honors. A member of the Ensemble intercontemporain since 1976, he has premiered numerous works (by Elliott Carter, Pascal Dusapin, Luca Francesconi, Vinko Globokar, Gérard Grisey, Marco Stroppa, James Wood…) and recorded Keren by Iannis Xenakis, the Sequenza V by Luciano Berio in addition to 19th and 20th century works for trombone. A Doctor of Mathematics, Benny Sluchin is involved in acoustic research at IRCAM and teaches computer-assisted music notation at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris.
Contact : sluchin@ircam.fr
Séance - Leading Figures of Modernity (II): Xenakis and Ligeti 9.D.2 : Game Theory and Formal Structure in Xenakis Duel (1959)